Dive Review of Off the Wall/Slickrock Adventures in
Belize/Glovers Reef, Long Caye

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Off the Wall/Slickrock Adventures, Jan, 2003, by Tom Snyder, TN, USA . Report 336.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Long Caye wall is justly famous - it is spectacular with huge coral heads, deep canyons, a 3000 ft wall and above average large and small sealife. For most divers it's a long 1.5 to 2 hr boat ride across open water; for the few who have learned about the Caye itself it's paradise. Slickrock Adventures Inc. (www.slickrock.com) operates the Long Caye island resort as well as "Adventure Week" tours. Owner Cully Erdman has been in business for many years and knows the business. Slickrock owns half of the 13 acre caye, providing a tropical getaway with basic cabanas or tent palapas, solar power, excellent Belizean meals and unlimited access to every type of water sport equipment. The "Off The Wall" dive operation is excellently managed, providing spectacular, personalized reef and wall diving with a boat ride never exceeding 5 minutes. Jim and Kendra Schofield run the operation (email to offthewall@btl.net), which is affiliated with PADI and offers Discover Scuba and refresher courses as well as basic and advanced classes. Dives are usually led by Divemaster Carlos, who has the sharpest eyes -- he showed us a white-lined toad fish, found only in Belize, and then only rarely. Although Belizean law requires that all dives be guided, Carlos is very accommodating. He's ready to dive any time you are, and as many times as you want. He challenged us to wear him out. All dives were drift dives, with Junior, our boat captain, following bubbles. Groups were small (2-3 people), and the diving the best ever. We usually started with a deep descent on the wall, and worked our way back up with the final 10 minutes frequently spent above 20 feet over gorgeous reefs and an aquarium of reef fish and critters. Lobsters are huge and turtles and nurse sharks frequent visitors. Off the Wall "OWNS" Glover's Reef -- others only visit.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Belize law requires that all non liveaboard dives be guided. After one or two check out dives to establish level of competence, Carlos the DM was supportive of all profiles.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	All diving is done from skiffs without camera facilities, but the ride back to shore and a freshwater rinse is only 5 minutes.

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Dive Review of Off the Wall/Slickrock Adventures in Belize/Glovers Reef, Long Caye

Off the Wall/Slickrock Adventures, Jan, 2003,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Off the Wall/Slickrock Adventures in
Belize/Glovers Reef, Long Caye